I’ve recorded and posted a brief Autorun Eater tutorial on YouTube. It is my very first time recording a tutorial so please bear with the clarity of my voice(i think it sounds annoying) and the video quality.

Here it is:

“HashTab is a Windows shell extension which adds a tab called “File Hashes” to the Windows Explorer file properties. The tab contains the MD5, SHA1 and CRC-32 file hashes. These are common hashes that are used to verify the integrity and authenticity of files. Many download sites list the MD5 hash along with the download link. The HashTab makes it very simple for Windows users to check these hashes on any file on the system without using external tools. ” - Beeblebrox.org

The screenshot below shows an example:

If you want to easily compare hashes of files but don’t mind installing a software to do it, then HashTab is an excellent choice. Alternatively, you can download HashCalc.

Looking for the ‘Start Scan’ option or Autorun Eater seems to be silent?

Autorun Eater monitors all your *drives in real-time, so there’s no need for an option to scan a specific drive.

The ‘detection message box’ ONLY appears when a suspicious ‘autorun.inf’ file is present in any of the drives. If nothing appears, your drives is probably void of any ‘autorun.inf’ file(s). Just to be safe, scan the drive with an updated anti-virus app if you doubt it’s safe to access.

The ‘detection message box’ looks like this:

Please click on image for original size

From the message box you get details like which drive was cleaned, whether the suspicious ‘autorun.inf’ was successfully removed or not and what suspicious files are present so you can manually remove them if needed.

You don’t have to worry about starting the scan or any other options you need to tweak. Autorun Eater is designed to be as hands-free as possible so that you, the user, can concentrate on your work.

*Drives A: and B: must be manually scanned, CD/DVD drives are not scanned. If in doubt, you can prevent CD/DVDs from auto-playing by holding down your keyboard’s Shift key when you insert the CD/DVD.

The latest Autorun Eater is here!

Added: Option to scan drives A: & B: manually.

Changed: Minor tweaks to the scanning engine.

Changed: Minor tweaks to program behaviour.

Changed: Improved CPU usage.

[Fixed]: ‘No Disk Error’ when empty removable USB devices are plugged-in(eg. card reader).

You can install the new version over the old version(exit 2.1 first).

If you enjoy using Autorun Eater, please feel free to donate.

MD5 Checksum: 0f9adf9cbf84e1994d382b49b5c909de

[DOWNLOAD AUTORUN EATER V2.2]

Not sure if you downloaded the right version of Autorun Eater? Annoyed by the ‘file is corrupted’ error message and many other numerous file problems downloaded from the internet?

You can avoid these problems by verifying the file, well, by simply checking if the MD5 checksum matches the one posted by us. The MD5 checksum is unique for each file, just like our fingerprint.

You can easily check the checksum by downloading a free MD5 calculator tool like Slavasoft’s HashCalc.

If you don’t like the idea of having to install it, you can download the portable version HERE(extracted from the installation directory, minus the help file).

Now you can easily verify if you have the latest version of Autorun Eater.

Sorry for the hiccup to those who have downloaded Autorun Eater 2.1. The CPU usage was quite high as some have noted, thank you for the feedback.

The CPU usage should be much, much lower now. If problem persist, please feel free to send us your feedback. Thank you.

Still using the old Autorun Eater v2.0? Autorun Eater v2.1 is here!

Added: ‘Donate’ option under the tray menu.

Added: ‘Autorun Backup’ option under the tray menu to easily view or delete autorun backup files.

Removed: ‘Start’ and ‘Stop’ option under the tray menu but the ‘Pause’ option remains.

Changed: Minor tweaks to the scanning engine.

Changed: Scan now starts automatically when Autorun Eater is launched.

Changed: Add/Remove to global startup entry option now indicates if startup entry exist or not.

You can install the new version over the old version(exit 2.0 first).

If you enjoy using Autorun Eater, please feel free to donate.

MD5 Checksum: 8d9cf93c64b003f9995d3947ed34bed0

[DOWNLOAD AUTORUN EATER v2.1]

Don’t worry, this has nothing to do with Autorun Eater’s performance. Since Autorun Eater 1.0, it has been tagged by a few anti-virus softwares as a malware. But these are of course false positive results.

The following AVs detects Autorun Eater as a malware:

eSafe

7.0.15.0 2007.10.10 suspicious Trojan/Worm

Panda

9.0.0.4 2007.10.13 suspicious file

VBA32

3.12.2.4 2007.10.14 Trojan.Win32.Agent.bop

Webwasher-Gateway

6.0.1 2007.10.13 Worm.Win32.ModifiedUPX.gen!90 (suspicious)

Avast!

Win32:Agent-OBU

I’ve contacted all the tech support of all the affected AVs and they’ve fixed it.

Old McDonald’s Farm would like to assure you that no personal information is collected through this software nor does it contain any spyware, adware or viruses.

In the latest version of Autorun Eater(v2.0), there were feedbacks stating that there were errors scanning drive A:\ when a floppy wasn’t inserted.

The only way to fix this problem, I guess is to make Autorun Eater skip drive A:\. I did try another way that is to determine if a floppy is present or not but this only caused the drive to become noisy on and off so the former option is probably the best. Furthermore, more and more comps do not have drive A:\ these days.

Pros - No error messages when scan is started

Cons- Users are not protected from suspicious ‘autorun.inf’ file(s) on floppies.

Drives A: and B: can now be manually scanned starting from Autorun Eater v2.2.

Old McDonald’s Farm is proud to announce the release of Autorun Eater v2.0!

Autorun Eater’s main function remains the same but there are a few improvements to the scanning engine as well as some minor changes to the menu options and GUI.

Among the additions and changes are:

Added: 3 optional registry fixes(Task Manager, Regedit & Folder options).

Added: Users are now informed through a message box whenever a suspicious ‘autorun.inf’ file is removed.

Added: Backup copies of suspicious ‘autorun.inf’ file(s) are now created before the original copy is removed for easy recovery.

Added: Status tooltip to get tool info easily without right-clicking on tray icon.

Added: ‘Paused’ notifier that slides in/out from botton-right of screen when ‘Pause’ is activated.

Added: Confirmation message box when user clicks on ‘Delete Log’.

Removed: ‘Keyboard Hotkeys’ label under tray menu options, but ‘Pause’ hotkey still works as usual.

Changed: Improved scanning engine. Now only certain suspicious ‘autorun.inf’ files are removed depending on a few criterias. CD-ROM drives are now left alone because it is impossible to remove any files on a CD/DVD. So this tool will NOT protect you from malicious CDs/DVDs.

Changed: Added drive label to the scan results log file for easier reference.

Changed: ‘About’ window has evolved from a mundane message box to a cooler GUI window with scrolling credits, haha.

Changed: HTML help file converted to CHM format to include more information and improved readability.

Changed: Certain traytips have been edited for uniformity.

With this newer version, it is expected to perform better with the bugs in Autorun Eater v1.0 eliminated. This version is expected to be more effective and user-friendly.

Screenshots:

Minor changes and additions to the tray menu option

New ‘About’ window

Added mouse over tool-tip to get current tool status quickly

‘Paused’ notifier that slides in/out from botton-right of screen when ‘Pause’ is activated

If you would like to submit any suggestions or report any bug(s), please send your emails to:

You can download Autorun Eater v2.0 here:

[DOWNLOAD AUTORUN EATER v2.0]

Note: Please uninstall the old version before installing this version.

Have a nice day!